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Jamie Heywood: La grande idée que mon frère a inspirée

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Quand on a diagnostiqué son frère malade de la SLA, Jamie Heywood a consacré sa vie à combattre la maladie à ses côtés. Les frères Heywood ont créé un site Internet ingénieux où les gens partagent et suivent des informations sur leur maladie -- et ils ont découvert que les informations mises en commun avaient l'énorme pouvoir de réconforter, expliquer et prédire.

When MIT-trained mechanical engineer Jamie Heywood discovered that his younger brother was diagnosed with the terminal illness ALS, he focused all his energy on founding revolutionary healthcare initiatives to help his brother and others like him. Full bio »

Translated into French by Benjamin Morel
Reviewed by Salome Hevin
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